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Yan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 58 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,386 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Yan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,386 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Yan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 58 boys in 2025. Peak: #2,386 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 58 (2025).
In 2025, 58 US boys were named Yan, making it the 2,386th most common boys’ name of the year, up 523 places from #2,909 in 2024. That is 14 more than the 44 boys named Yan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2,386, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 58. For comparison, it was #5,281 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Yan in 47 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1971 with 5 babies. In all, 1,085 US babies have been given the name, 9.1% of them girls and 91% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 314 babies named Yan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 347 US boys were named Yan; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 58. In 2025 that was about 1 in 29,450 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Yan ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #1,178 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,178 | — |
| Florida | 11 | #1,189 | — |
| California | 9 | #1,822 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 58 | #2,386 |
| 2024 | — | — | 44 | #2,909 |
| 2023 | — | — | 44 | #2,893 |
| 2022 | — | — | 28 | #3,989 |
| 2021 | — | — | 25 | #4,240 |
| 2020 | — | — | 25 | #4,135 |
| 2019 | — | — | 24 | #4,328 |
| 2018 | — | — | 34 | #3,371 |
| 2017 | 5 | #18,329 | 35 | #3,311 |
| 2016 | 6 | #16,144 | 30 | #3,678 |
| 2015 | 5 | #19,002 | 18 | #5,281 |
| 2014 | — | — | 29 | #3,689 |
| 2013 | — | — | 21 | #4,615 |
| 2012 | — | — | 24 | #4,245 |
| 2011 | — | — | 26 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #19,715 | 27 | #3,891 |
| 2009 | — | — | 28 | #3,826 |
| 2008 | — | — | 26 | #4,040 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,875 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 7 | #15,091 | 33 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 5 | #19,099 | 29 | #3,446 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,730 | 26 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,796 | 27 | #3,441 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,550 | 26 | #3,447 |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,897 | 24 | #3,615 |
| 2000 | 11 | #9,147 | 12 | #5,903 |
| 1999 | — | — | 12 | #5,646 |
| 1998 | 7 | #12,400 | 9 | #6,825 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,685 | 9 | #6,599 |
| 1996 | — | — | 19 | #3,674 |
| 1995 | — | — | 11 | #5,492 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,353 |
| 1993 | — | — | 9 | #6,212 |
| 1990 | — | — | 12 | #4,665 |
| 1989 | — | — | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,847 | 6 | #7,247 |
| 1987 | — | — | 16 | #3,196 |
| 1986 | — | — | 16 | #3,127 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,799 |
| 1984 | — | — | 15 | #3,102 |
| 1983 | 5 | #12,039 | 9 | #4,494 |
| 1982 | — | — | 7 | #5,615 |
| 1981 | — | — | 12 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | — | — | 13 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,563 |
| 1977 | — | — | 7 | #5,114 |
| 1971 | — | — | 5 | #5,645 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).